Al Marsh, Tony Naylor and Jerry Ralby, Broadway producers, are desperately looking for backers. Al is one of the heirs of a dress salon in Paris, but this is almost bankrupt. The two other heiresses, Stephanie and Clarisse and the three producers are able to convince the creditors to back a fashion show there. Things become complicated, when Al and Tony fall in love with Stephanie and Al’s New York girl friend Bubbles arrives. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.3/10 | |
Released: | July 4, 1952 | |
Runtime: | 103 min | |
Genres: | Romance Comedy Musical | |
Countries: | United States | |
Companies: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
Cast: | Red Skelton Howard Keel Kathryn Grayson | |
Crew: | Mervyn LeRoy George Wells Harry Ruby Andrew Solt | |
Remake of 1935 Fred Astaire film Roberta, which was originally a play. After Eleanor Powell’s career was ruined by a bad marriage, the only gal to step into tap seriously was Ann Miller, and this is a good vehicle for her skills as she dances to Jerome Kern tunes directed by Vincente Minnelli. Also has the Champion dancing team who danced with everybody from Powell & Astaire onward.